Opinion
Appeal
The legacy of IPA, founded by Nikhil Chakravartty, the doyen of journalism in India, to keep the flag of independent media flying high, is facing the threat of extinction due to the effect of the Covid pandemic. Only an emergency funding can avert such an eventuality. We appeal to all those who believe in the freedom of expression to contribute to this noble cause.BJP Leadership Is Mobilising All Its Muscle Power To Win Elections In Bihar
By Arun Srivastava For the sake of the survival of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government, it is imperative that the NDA must win the Bihar assembly election. Losing the election would endanger the Modi government and also pull down the RSS from the high...
Changing Contours Of Kerala Politics
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The contours of Kerala politics are changing fast. That is for sure. The latest shift in the political kaleidoscope – a tectonic one at that – is the decision of the Jose K. Mani faction of the Kerala Congress(M) to switch loyalty to the...
Industrial Relations Code And Standing Orders Act Hurt Workers
By Dr K R Shyam Sundar A day after receiving presidential assent, the controversial Industrial Relations Code (IRC) 2020 which amends and consolidates existing laws relating to terms of employment, settlement of industrial disputes, and the functioning of trade unions, it was published in the Gazette of...
Top Medical, Scientific Journals Call For Ouster Of Trump In November 3 Polls
By Lawrence Albright Two esteemed medical and scientific journals have broken with almost two centuries of non-partisanship and weighed in on the upcoming Presidential elections in the United States. Scientific American Magazine, in its October 2020 issue, published an editorial entitled “Scientific American Endorses Joe Biden,” while...
After Ayodhya, Sangh Parivar Is Focusing On Mathura
By Binoy Viswam RSS controlled BJP regime has been repeatedly proved as a failed government. In every walk of life, it has betrayed its own promises. Every segment of society is forced to come to the battlefield to resist the reactionary policies of the government. The peasants, the...
Communists Are Steadfast Defenders Of Secular Democracy
By Sitaram Yechury We, in the CPI(M), are now reaching the conclusion of the year-long observations marking the centenary of the foundation of the Communist Party of India on October 17, 1920.The Covid-19 pandemic, the prolonged national lockdowns and the restrictions of physical distancing etc have hampered the...
Abdullah-Mufti Alliance May Start New Chapter For Kashmir
By Rahil Nora Chopra Jammu and Kashmir former chief ministers Farooq and Omar Abdullah as well as just released former CM Mehbooba Mufti have come together to form the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration, in the wake of the tumultuous political events that unfolded in J&K over the...
A New Revolutionary Alternative Has Emerged In Venezuela
By Ben Lunn and Paul Dobson For many on the left in Britain and within the heart of the global capitalist system, Venezuela has been an example of staunch opposition to US and Nato imperialism, with a broad collection of revolutionaries fending off multiple coups, mercenary attacks and...
Trump Supporters Determined To Disrupt Election Process In California
By Amy Taxin and Adam Beam California’s chief elections official on Monday ordered Republicans to remove unofficial ballot drop boxes from churches, gun shops, and other locations, and Attorney General Xavier Becerra warned those behind the “vote tampering” could face prosecution. Republicans refused, saying they are...
Electoral Viability Of New Anti-CAA Regional Parties In Assam Is Doubtful
By Sagarneel Sinha With the assembly elections to be held by the month of April next year in Assam, the state is witnessing a spree of formations of new regional parties. The ideology of these parties formed is mostly based on anti-CAA views. The new parties include journalist...
Quadrilateral Coalition Has Not Yielded Dividends To India So Far
By Arun Srivastava How far the ‘Quad’ or Quadrilateral coalition comprising India has served the Indian interest is not yet clear. An international dialogue forum of India, US, Japan and Australia, is now emblematic of the geopolitical churn in the eastern hemisphere. With Vietnam, South Korea and New...
M.P. BJP Sidelines Jyotiraditya Scindia In The Poll Campaign For 28 Constituencies
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Two unexpected developments have given new dimension to the political scenario in Madhya Pradesh. One such development relates to the highly controversial direction given by the state High Court to the political parties, central government and state government. In fact Gwalior bench of...
Unredeeming Tale Of Kerala’s Covid Setback
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It is an unredeeming tale of the severe setback suffered by Kerala in its fight against covid 19. How quickly reputations can get hit is evident from the fate that has befallen the State . From being the State with the best performance...
Poverty, racism, and inequality merge with covid-19 to create ‘syndemic’
By W. T. Whitney Jr. It didn’t seem to fit. The website of the Colombian Communist Party on October . 5 published a medical doctor’s reflections on re-characterizing a disease. Félix León Martínez, MD, quoted extensively from an editorial appearing in the famous British medical journal Lancet. He...
Britain ‘On The Precipice Of An Acute Unemployment Crisis
By Ben Chacko Britain is “on the precipice of an unemployment crisis,, as the biggest rise in joblessness for more than a decade was recorded. The number of unemployed people went up 138,000 between June and August for the largest increase since the summer of 2009, Office...
Hathras Violence Flowed From The Idea Of Hindu Rashtra
By D. Raja The gruesome gang rape and murder of a young Dalit woman in Hathras, the barbaric violations of her body as she toiled on a tiny piece of agricultural land by the upper caste men has caused immense grief and rage. While dignity was systemically...
The ‘Curse’ Casting An Evil Spell Over CJI’s Chair
By K Raveendran Is the chair of the chief justice of India under the spell of a curse? Sequences of events leading to the ascension of new incumbents in recent times suggest that the highest seat of authority of Indian judiciary suffers from some blemish. It began...
Governors Are Crossing All Lines To Serve Their Political Masters
By Arun Srivastava The BJP card holder governors in their quest to project themselves as the conscience keepers of the saffron brigade are least bothered to transgress the ethical laxmanrekha and sermon the chief ministers of their respective states to fall in the line and follow the...
